Flower-holder for the dress.



A. BIPPART. FLOWER HOLDER FOR THE DRESS.

APPLICATION TILED AFB, 5, 1913.

1,72,903. Patented Sept.9,1913.

" QW iWLA/Qg I I M ourrnn srnrs ACHI L BIP PAR F NEWAR NEW JERSEY- FLOWER-HOLDEB FOR THE DRESS Specification of Letters Patent.

Patent ed sept f9,

Application filed April 5, 1913. Serial No. 759,072.

To all whom, 2'25 may concern:

lie it known that l. Acu u. BlPlAlt'l, a citizen of the llnitcd States. residing at 788 South Tenth street, Newark, county of Essex, and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Flower-Holders tor the Dress, fully described and represented in the following specification and the :wcmnpanying draw ings, forming a part (if the same.

The object of the present invention is to furnish a devicc. which will grasp a bunch of (lowers and hold them securely, and also provided with a hinged pin by which it may be attached to the dress to hold the flowers th reon.

The invention consists of two elastic l'aves made in' one piece with a loop at one end, means for detachably connecting the free ends of the leaves and means for attaching the holder to the dress of the wearer. lly this construction, the holder for the tiowers is expansible, so as to hold and retain a greater or less quantity of flower-stalks.

The invention will be understood by reference to the annexed drawing, in WlllCll Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device; and Fig. 2 is a plan of the same with ilower-stall s in section in the holder and the pin engaged with a fabric, as the dress of a lady. 1

The holder consists of two elastic leaves, made in one piece, united by a loop at one end and having a fastening device at the op posite end, and adapted to open for inserting the flower-stalks therein and to clamp the same elasti rally when the leaves are secured by the fastener. The leaves a and b are made in one piece and connected by an open loop 0 at one end. The fastener at the opposite end is formed by a coil (l upon the leaf 0. with a hole e at its outer side, and an ear f bent upon the end of the opposite leaf 7) and provided with an internal pin {1 to enter the hole 6. The two leaves are readily made in one piece from a strip of hard rolled metal, and the ear f when bent therefrom is also elastic, and" the coil d forms a rounded end upon the leaf a over which the end of the pin 9 slips when closing the leaves to gether, until the locking-pin g enters the hole 0, when the elasticity of the ear and of the leaves retains the pin in the hole. The pin and hole thus 'form a secure fastener for the flower-holder.

Pins 6 are shown projected from the in nor side of the loot o to prevent the stalks of the flowers from slipping out of the holder, and such pins may be applied to both of the leaves it: desired; but experience shows that pins upon one leaf are suiiicient. The elasticity of the leaves permits them to bend away from one another when flowerstaiks h are inserted between the samebe fore engaging the fastener, and the holder is thus adapted, as shown in Fig. 2, toaccom ii'iodate itself to the bull: oi the stalks which are inserted between the leaves. The ex- "pansire pressure of the stalks Within the leaves tends to draw the locking-pin 9 more tightly in the hole 0 and the fastener is thus held by the pressure of the flower-stalks. A tongue 2' is jointed to one end of the leaf on by hinge j upon its outer side, and the usual guard Z1 is fixed upon the outer end of the same leaf to engage the point. of the tongue, as shown in Fig. :2. The tongue thus serves to hold a bunch of flowers upon any part of the dress to which it is applied, and which is represented by the line Z. The formation of the leaves in one piece with the open loop a at one end, confers a great amount of elas ticity'upon the members of the holdenend the construction of the fastener is such that the expansion of, the holder, by insertion of flowers therein. does not diminish but rather increases the efficiency of the fastener. The hinged tongue z' serves to "fasten the flowerholdcr readilv upon the dress, and the Whole device thus furnishes a convenient means of supporting flowers on any part of the dress.

Having: thus set forth the nature of the invention what is claimed herein is:

In a flower-holder, the combination, with two elastic leaves, a and b,.rnade in one piece, with a loop a at one end, of a coil (Z upon the Cit end of one of'the leaves with 9. 1101mm its .In testimony whereof I have hereunto set outer side, and an ear f upon'the end of the my hand in the presence of two subscribing opposite leaf with a pin 9 to engage the said witnesses.

hole, pins projected \vithin'at least one of ZACHILL BIPPAliT. 5 the leaves to hold the fieWer-smiks therein, Witnesses:

and means for attaching the holder to the L. LEE, dress of the wearer. THOMAS S. CRANE. 

